Anika wants to determine the maximum number of tulip bulbs (t) she can purchase if each bulb costs
$3.50. She will also need to purchase separate pots for each bulb at $1.25 each and a bag of potting soil
for $15.00. Set up an inequality to determine how many tulip bulbs Anika can purchase without spending
more than $25.00, and solve it. Can Anika buy exactly enough bulbs and pots to spend the full $25.00?
Can you think of a better inequality to describe the answer? Complete the explanation.
The inequality to to determine how many tulip bulbs Anika can purchase without spending more than
$25.00 is
Round to 4 decimal places. The solution to the inequality is
You (select) buy partial bulbs and pots, so Anika (select) spend the full $25.00. A better answer is
where t is a whole number.